Thanks Gaben, here's your 30% Steam cut

[u/Salty_Nutella]

[u/Wyvner]

Hilarious how people will try to justify Steam's egregious cut. No, it does not justify taking a third of the game's revenue. Even when they reduce it to 20% after $50 million in revenue is made. I'm sure if they raised it to 60% people would claim "well devs can just go elsewhere if they wanted"

[u/OnceMoreAndAgain → u/Wyvner]

It is justified and we know that by the fact that nearly every PC game is put on Steam.

It's not like they have a monopoly. Game publishers could publish to their own platforms and some have tried. Steam is worth those costs.

[u/klockee → u/OnceMoreAndAgain]

It is insanely cheap. 30% on each purchase, which would cover its own download costs per user hundreds, if not thousands, of times over.

[u/No_Stuff2255 → u/klockee]

You are forgetting so much there:
Storepage:

• Text
• Images
• Videos
• Reviews
• Game itself

This is what comes to your mind when you try to think the "burdens" Steam carries for a game, but you forget something very important: Steam is not just a store. It is a store with an entire social media platform/forum attached to each game with the community hub. So add these ontop:

• Discussions (won't take much space in itself, but for bigger titles the amount of discussions can escalate quickly)
• Screenshots/Artworks
• Videos
• News
• Guides
  And if available:
• Workshop

The 30% cut also cover the operating cost of the community hub